Valery Uskov
Valery Uskov | |
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| Born | Valery Ivanovich Uskov 22 April 1933 Sverdlovsk, Ural Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Died | 24 August 2025 (aged 92) |
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| Years active | 1963–2024 |
| Relatives | Vladimir Krasnopolsky (second cousin) |
Valery Ivanovich Uskov (Russian: Вале́рий Ива́нович Уско́в; 22 April 1933 – 24 August 2025) was a Russian film and television director and screenwriter. He was known for directing the films The Slowest Train (1963),[1] Stewardess (1967) and Not Under the Jurisdiction (1969), as well as episodes of the historical television series Eternal Call.[2] He directed almost all of his films alongside his second cousin, Vladimir Krasnopolsky.[3] The two separated in 2016.
Uskov graduated from Ural State University in 1955,[4] and from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in 1961.[2] He worked at Sverdlovsk Film Studio, was director of Mosfilm, and staged the plays Her Friend and On the Wedding Day by Viktor Rozov at the Moscow Gorky Academic Art Theatre.[4]
Uskov was a recipient of the People's Artist of the RSFSR (1983). He died on 24 August 2025, at the age of 92.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Свердловская киностудия празднует 65-летие со дня основания". PИА Новости (in Russian). 2 February 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- 1 2 "Умер актер и режиссер Валерий Усков, снявший "Вечный зов"". Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). 24 August 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ↑ "Валерий Усков: "У Краснопольского — аппендицит, у меня — тоже"". Vechernyaya Moskva (in Russian). 16 December 2004. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- 1 2 "Умер выдающийся режиссер, снявший популярный сериал «Вечный зов»: что известно о Валерии Ускове". ura.news (in Russian). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ↑ "Ушел из жизни кинорежиссер, член Союза кинематографистов России Валерий Усков (22.04.1933-24.08.2025)". Союз кинематографистов Российской Федерации (in Russian). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ↑ "Умер народный артист РСФСР Валерий Усков". PИА Новости (in Russian). 24 August 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
External links
[edit]- Valery Uskov at IMDb
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